Jackie Robinson AKA Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Born: 31-Jan-1919 Birthplace: Cairo, GA Died: 24-Oct-1972 Location of death: Stamford, CT Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Baseball Party Affiliation: Independent [1] Nationality: United States Executive summary: First negro in the major leagues Military service: US Army (WWII, Lt.) [1] Peniel E. Joseph, Waiting 'til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America (2006), page 78, calling him a "proud Republican... old-fashioned patriot and anti-Communist."
Brother: Mack (Olympic sprinter) Wife: Rachel Robinson (m. 10-Feb-1946, until his death, two sons, one daughter) Son: Jackie Robinson, Jr. (b. 18-Nov-1946, d. age 24) Daughter: Sharon Robinson (b. 13-Jan-1950) Son: David
University: University of California at Los Angeles
NAACP Board Member (-1967) NL Rookie of the Year 1947 National League MVP 1949 Spingarn Medal 1956 Baseball Hall of Fame 23-Jan-1962 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame 1991 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 1998 Congressional Gold Medal 2-Mar-2005 (posthumous) Disorderly Conduct acquitted Funeral: Martin Luther King (1968) Risk Factors: Diabetes
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-56)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR O.J.: Made in America (22-Jan-2016) · Himself The Jackie Robinson Story (16-May-1950) · Himself
Appears on the cover of:
Life, 8-May-1950, DETAILS: Jackie Robinson stars in a movie (photo by J. R. Eyerman)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #2016 (20 cents, issued 2-Aug-1981)
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